Transcript Technology “HOW TO” for Students

COMN 3111 3.0
Organizational Communication
Lecture 1a
WELCOME!
• WE STUDY ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE
SPEND MOST OF OUR LIVES IN THEM.
• ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE PRODUCTS OF
HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND ONCE
CREATED, THEY SHAPE HOW WE TALK AND
WITH WHOM WE TALK.
• KNOWING HOW THEY WORK AND HOW WE
CAN WORK WITHIN THEM IS ESSENTIAL FOR
A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
• WE WILL BEGIN WITH
– A SHORT REVIEW OF A VERY BASIC MODEL OF IP
COMMUNICATION
– FOCUS ON THE TYPE AND FUNCTIONS OF
COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
• WHAT FUNCTIONS DOES COMMUNICATION – OF WHATEVER
TYPE – SERVE IN ORGANIZING?
– REVIEW HOW COMMUNICATION TYPES CHANGE AS
ORGANIZATIONS GROW – FROM
• PURELY FACE-TO-FACE TALK – MUTUAL ADJUSTMENT – TO
• AN EMPHASIS ON WRITTEN DOCUMENTS – TEXT ON PAGE
AND NOW TEXT ON SCREEN.
• ALSO WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK TO THE PROBLEM OF
COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD – TOO MUCH INFORMATION AND HOW ORGANIZATIONS DEAL WITH THIS. HOW THEY
CHANGE.
COMN 3111 IS A BLENDED
LEARNING COURSE
• COMBINES ELEMENTS OF “LIVE” FACETO-FACE TEACHING
• A ONE HOUR PER WEEK TUTORIAL YOU
MUST SIGN UP FOR AND ATTEND
• PLUS CONTENT DELIVERED ON LINE
• COURSE LECTURES HAVE BEEN
VIDEOSTREAMED AND ARCHIVED
• AVAILABLE ON A WEEKLY BASIS ON THE
COURSE WEB SITE.
THIS COURSE IS TIMETESTED
• FOR NINE YEARS WE HAVE DEVELOPED
TESTED AND RUN THIS COURSE
• IT’S RATED VERY HIGHLY BY THE
STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN IT
– IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE
CONTENT, THE TEACHING AND THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE
• WE HOPE YOU WILL ALSO LEARN AND
ENJOY
ONE TEXT REQUIRED
• Organizational Communication:
Selected Readings by Dalton
Kehoe, Pearson Education Canada,
Custom Publication, 2012.
COURSE TEXT
• Available Two Places
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York Book store
OR
Discount Text Books has some
4699 Keele St. (in Plaza across from the
main entrance to York on Keele - Last unit
south next to Tim Horton’s)
– Cheaper than York
Course Web Site
• http://comn3111.thetalkpage.com
• “Back to Home” navigation –
– once inside the site always click on
course logo bar to get back to home
page to go somewhere else
• The “Go to” heart of the course
GO AT LEAST
ONCE A WEEK
LECTURE SCHEDULE
The First Thing You’ll See
The video is
being
mounted on
your desktop!
The Next Thing You’ll See
COMN 3311
COMMUNICAITON IN
ORGANIZATIONS
The video
starts playing
automatically.
THE LECTURES
• MOUNTED EACH FRIDAY FOR 14 DAYS
• NO LECTURE LONGER THAN 30
MINUTES, MANY SHORTER
• AVERAGE LENGTH – ABOUT 25
MINUTES
• EMBEDDED VIDEOS ONLY PLAY IN THE LEFT
HAND WINDOW WHERE I WALK AND TALK
• GO IN EVERY WEEK
• REGULAR ATTENDANCE RELATES TO
HIGHER GRADES ON EXAMS
Only Course Password
• For the Additional Readings there
is a Password
– 3111pass
AGAIN, THAT’S
SUBMITTING
ASSIGNMENTS
COMN 3311
Assignment
Submissions
To submit essays electronically:
•Enter name and student number
•Choose your TA
•Paste your essay into the appropriate area
•Please note: You are still required to hand in a
hard copy of your work
COMN 3311
Assignment
Submissions
You will receive a confirmation number after
you submit your assignment.
Don’t wait until the last minute to send in your
paper.
If the system closes you out at 11:59 pm on
the night of the due date, it’s the system clock
that counts not the clock on your computer.
Links to Teaching Team Members
Professor Dalton Kehoe
Course Director
ProfTalk
IN CONCLUSION
• We’ve covered the basics of the
course.
• Please go to tutorial in the first two
weeks and be sure you are on the
tutorial list.
• We ask students every year to
give advice to new students…it’s
always the same:
– Keep Up With The Lectures!
IN CONCLUSION
• Enjoy the course.
• See you at the exam.